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Micro-cones Array-Based Plasmonic Metasurface for Sensitive and Enhanced Raman Detection

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We report a micro-cone unit-based plasmonic metasurface for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. The unit consists of Au cone-shaped needle, Au thin film, and SiO2 substrate. To verify performance of the structure for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) detection, both theoretical and experimental studies are performed. Highly efficient coupling conditions satisfied by the structure, ∇Φ > k0, the metasurface can realize the SERS measurement with detection limit and analytical enhancement factor (AEF) as high as 10−8 M and 109, respectively. With concentrations of benzenethiol ranging from 10−2 down to 10−8 M, the ratio of Raman intensity Iω2/Iω1 increases from 0.6 to 0.85 and Iω3/Iω1 from 0.9 to 1.3. This structure can provide a new insight for biosensing and biochemistry analyses.

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This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China with approved number of U1532133, the program of China Scholarships Council under grant number 201906070107.

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    Songya Cui, Chengxiang Tian, Jiaguo Tian & Yongqi Fu

  2. College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, 610101, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China

    Yarong Su

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Cui, S., Tian, C., Su, Y. et al. Micro-cones Array-Based Plasmonic Metasurface for Sensitive and Enhanced Raman Detection. Plasmonics 15, 2003–2009 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-020-01223-6

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